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Y A. PARNELLI.

BABY WALKER.

No. 499,032. PatenteaJune 6, 189s;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO PAENELLI, OE BOsTON, MAssAOHUsETTs.

BABY-WALKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,032, dated June 6,1893.

Application filed November 19, 1892. Serial No. 452,509- (NO modem Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANTONIO PARNELLI, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Baby Supports and Tenders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to that kind or class of devices which arecontrived for the purpose of supporting a baby in a standing or sittingposition, and aidingv and teaching a young child to walk, and myinvention has particular reference to improvements in wicker or willowbaby walkers of the kind such as shown in the United States Patent No.128,230, granted June 25, 1872.

It is the object of my invention to provide such improvements in thekind of devices mentioned as will simplify and cheapen the cost of theirconstruction and at the same time render them light inweight, elastic inall directions, and otherwise more serviceable than is at present thecase.

To these ends my invention consists in the baby support or tenderconstructed substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawing and to the letters markedthereon forming a part of this specification, the said draw-` ing beingaperspective View of the invention.

In the drawing a designates the body of my improved baby support andtender which is open at both ends, the upper end being contracted, andthe lower portion of the body being made Haring so that the lower end ismuch larger than the upper end. The body is, in the present casecomposed of reticulated rattan, certain strands h running vertically andbeing connected at their upper ends to the round band or rim c, and attheir lower ends to a like band or rim d, and other strands e runningfrom the band c to the band d in a zigzag direction and beinginterlocked at intermediate points with the horizontal twisted strandsor bands f. The strands b and e are curved or bowed inwardly, whichconstruction will permit them to readily yield to downward pressure onthe top-band c. All of the strands, including the vertical ones b, arecurved outwardly at their lower ends until they join the band or rim d,resulting in the lower end of the device being made flaring in alldirections. Furthermore, allof the strands are small and there are verymany of them whereby the weight is more uniformly distributed. With thisconstruction a structure is provided which is elastic in all directions,a feature which is very desirable in baby supports, and, furthermore, astructure is provided which is quite light in weight, so that a baby inthe support may readily move or walk about from place to place with thesame, movement with the device being facilitated by casters g, which maybe connected with the bottom rim or band d.

h designates a strap provided with a buckle t to connect its endsandrender it adjustable, which strap is connected with the upper rim orband c at opposite points, so that a baby placed in the support may havethe said strap adjusted to itswaist as a belt to keep and support it inplace. By this means the device is rendered adjustable to children ofdifferent size and girth. If desired the interior of the device may beprovided with a saddleor seat strap (not shown) upon which the child maysit, and not be compelled to stand upon its feet.

j designates toys or playthings connected by means of chains or strings7a to the upper band c, for the entertainment or amusement of the childin the support.

Instead of making the device of rattan, 1t may be made of wire or anyother suitable material, and it may be made in two parts hinged togetherat one of its meeting edges, and provided with hasps or other latchingorconnecting devices at the other meeting edges, so that a baby may beplaced in the support from the side, instead of through the opening inthe top.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though Without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it maybe made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that whatis claimed isv A baby support and tendercomprising in its construction a circular top rim, a large cirn cularbottom rim, having casters strands con necting the top and bottom rims,auxiliary zig-zag strands also connecting said two rims andhavingposition between the first named name to this specification, inthelp'resence of strands,and a number of horizontal twistedtwosubsoribing Witnesses, this 12th day of bands interlocked with thevertical strands, November, A. D. 1892.

all of the strands being curved upwardly from ANTONIO PAR'NELLI. 5 thepoint of connection with the bottom rim Witnesses:

substantially asand forthe purpose described. ARTHUR W. CROssLEY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my C. F. BROWN.

